Yamauchi Toyoshige

Yamauchi Toyoshige (1827-1872) was the daimyo ruling the Tosa Domain.

Biography
Toyoshige was the 15th daimyo of the Tosa Domain of Shikoku, working with Yoshida Toyo to modernize his clan. He opposed the treaties of the Ansei era and the policy of Ii Naosuke and was forced to resign in 1859. He advised shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu to return power to the emperor, and later tried in vain to have the former shogun admitted into the Meiji government.